Jewish History Archive
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Science of the Scrolls
Posted on April 1, 2013 | No CommentsHow far-reaching technologies help researchers unshroud the mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls -
Controversial exhibition on King Herod’s Tomb is featured tonight on Museum Secrets
Posted on March 21, 2013 | No CommentsA new exhibition at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem focusing on an ancient world's most controversial figures is drawing interest from the around the world, as well as creating new controversy -
Shadow on the steps : time measurement in ancient Israel
Posted on March 17, 2013 | No CommentsWe find that the ancient Israelites had more than one calendar, more than one method of measuring intervals of time between events, and several different chronologies of its history. -
From rejection to incorporation: The Roman bathing culture in Palestine
Posted on February 24, 2013 | No CommentsThe importance of bathing as a daily ritual and focus point of the social life in the Roman world is well known and is attested by the large number and luxurious character of both the public and private Roman baths. -
A Split Jewish Diaspora: Its Dramatic Consequences
Posted on February 17, 2013 | No CommentsThis article proposes that a language divide and two systems of communication have brought to a serious gap between the western Jewish Diaspora and the eastern one. -
A socio-historical analysis of Jewish banditry in first century Palestine 6 to 70 CE
Posted on February 8, 2013 | No CommentsThese protests were mainly instigated by and initially led by Jewish peasants who experienced the worst aspects of becoming a part of the larger Roman world. -
A Biblical Perspective of the Ancient Egyptian Religions
Posted on January 20, 2013 | No CommentsIn this video, Dr. Andrew Robinson and Instructor Ryan McDaniel take a look at Egyptian religions from a Biblical Perspective. -
‘Like Green Herb’: Julian’s Understanding of Purity and His Attitude Towards Judaism in His Contra Galiaeos
Posted on January 17, 2013 | No CommentsMy paper will analyse the role played by Judaism and its purity legislation in the charges levelled against Christians in Julian -
The Garden of Eden as a Primordial Temple or Sacred Space for Humankind
Posted on January 13, 2013 | No CommentsThis journal article considers ways in which the Garden of Eden functioned as a primordial temple for humankind. -
Pigs and Their Prohibition
Posted on January 7, 2013 | No CommentsBecause no single discipline or explanation seems adequate to understandthis practice, the search draws data from biology, anthropology, ancient history, mythology, religion, and ecology. Some have dismissed religious explanations as ar- bitrary and tautological, but the information provided in this article shows that religious beliefs are important.
